#jo8 stuff

[gavagecunctation]

upd8 re8ction

so it is tavvy i knew it. im surprised yiffy managed to get 8way seeing as like last we saw her she was 8eing yelled at 8y harvris 8ut it checks. i love tavvy and yiffys duo. we 8oth know we weren't meant to 8e 8orn.

(P.S. I left you guys some trail mix. Don’t pick the raisins out; they’re healthy.)

he's so silly. 8rother of all time. or uncle i guess

love his fuckass rich 8uoy sigil or wax seal or wh8tever

(sorry for the num8er of 8s this upd8 is really fucking me up for reasons you'll see on like the next panel)

cool panel love the composition love the everything. harry and vris look so silly. their heads are 8igger than jades. rose you're so 8ad at your jo8

harry stop 8eing a pussy. L.

this is the first time im actually enjoying the idea of tavvrissy 8eing kismeses and not just a guy and the 8oy she 8osses around

VRISSY: And neither is that Arrog8nt Hivewrecking 8ITCH!

HEY DON'T CALL ME THAT

this panel. just gorgeous. and 8lso heart8reaking for me. 8ye dad and fuck you to the anonymous shooter.

oh so N8W you do your jo8 . another 8anger panel. the choice to make rose shadowed/grey against harvris' regular colors is interesting to me. she's re8lly lost all her light huh

shed a single (8rave 8oy) tear. rip dad

was talking in the hs8c discord a8out whether this would 8e heroic or not. someone 8rought up that it could 8e just 8ecause of jades homewrecking which yeah i 8elieve. also the w8y she was trying to manipul8 the narrative could 8e seen as just. sad day for me i wanted candy jade and ult dirk to talk theyre 8oth so thematically simil8r

the sweat is interesting. does she know jade is dead? pro8a8ly. does she regret it?

may8e. most likely not

another 8anger as usual i love hs8cs artstyle

this shot is pretty interesting to me. is that the 8ell tower where dirk died? why is it glowing white? is cave the point under it too or is the 8attermaid using it as a vessel for the 8eam? lots of thoughts

yiffy and tavvy are not dead that's all i know for sure. they would not die they're too important

i really thought the flash would end act 1 8ut this is cool as fuck too

W8?????

these fucking pages loaded l8 for me oh my god. hs union you rascals

gavageCunctation [GC] began negging adamantGriftress [AG] 801 MINUTES AGO.

ayyyy its a deltrit8n. delta detritus hey did you know detritus means trash 8ecause for the longest time i didnt and now i feel stupid

801 minutes = 13 something hours. that's many imo 8ut you do you hs8c

this guy's really interesting. i think the delta kids (petition to call them that) are going to 8e 8ased on 2020s internet tropes. gc seems to 8e 8ased on a tum8lr user of some sort.

GC: if i'm being honest we cooked hard with this GC: haha... tag that shit i'm fussing... GC: AA (that's oomf)

my proof for the a8ove st8ment 8ut also this reads like a millenial desper8ly trying to speak like a gen z/alpha kid (which i guess it is). i cant tell whether "i'm fussing" is aave or not

i'm curious though how did they get vrissys handle?

gavageCunctation's [GC'S] computer exploded.

L + r8io

gc defo has a crush on vrissy which is funny as fuck to me. go girl 8r8k up with your technically uncle gc is right there!!! you can do 8etter!!!

aa seems interesting i get the feeling they're pro8a8ly in contact with ultrose or at least that sort of rose-rezi stand in of the session due to how it seems like they have some sort of seer a8ilities

GC: um anyway she's like an oracle... GC: except she's not an oracle. GC: she's some other shit...

you guys get what i mean? oh aa could 8e like jade too as in they could 8e awake on prospit and thats why they know all this stuff

GC: yet i still stay up to my buccal mass

a sea species so this is one of roses delta kids neat

ok done for now 8ye

[lunaticli8rarian]

i feel like another aspect of the test was a vital part in the written test. sure J is smart for using the ta8le 8ut there's another feature to it all. it's awkward.

it's really awkward to f8ck up the written test, and to gra8 the ta8le across the room out of your reach, around a 8unch of self serious military men. it makes a loud screeching noise. everyone has their eyes on you as the weirdo standing out from it all.

and that's really important when you're a secret agent guy trying to save the world. what, are you gonna stop dealing with alien stuff if some people give you weird looks cuz you're talking to a pug? if so, you're not cut out for this jo8. J didn't give a f8ck tho. he just did it. o8livious/actively uncaring to the fact everyone looked at him like he was the stupidest guy in the room.

I feel like nobody talks about this but remember Jay’s “job interview” in the original Men in Black movie? Sure, they play it for comedy, he’s a smartass cop surrounded by all these elite military graduates. But he was also literally the only one in the room smart enough to bring the table over so he had something to write on. And he offers it to the other guys too!

And in the shooting test, on the surface it just seems like a goofy joke when he shoots the little girl cutout in the head, but look at the way he responded to the situation.

The test starts immediately without any warning, we can see that everyone is caught off guard. The other candidates immediately open fire on what they perceive to be threats, but Jay takes a second to assess the situation. He sees he isn’t in any immediate danger, and in a handful of seconds he’s able to scope out several minor details about the targets and hit one with a near-perfect headshot. Jay showed he was an innovative, quick thinker with situational awareness, attention to detail and high-level marksmanship skills, and they never say it outright but I think that’s probably why Zed picked him. (Zed never actually says anything negative about Jay’s performance, just that he has a problem with authority.)

This is highly underrated writing but, then again, this is also the movie where Tommy Lee Jones says “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago, everybody knew Earth was the centre of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat and 15 minutes ago, you knew humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you’ll know tomorrow.”

[pesterloglog]

John Egbert, Harry Anderson Egbert, Vriska Serket, Vrissy Maryam-Lalonde, Tavros Crocker

Page 226

JOHN: you made it!

JOHN: i knew you had it in you.

HARRY: aw, thanks d-

VRISKA: Of course we made it, John.

VRISKA: It was a walk in the park!

VRISKA: I had some of my 8est moves planned out, gave them the speech of a fucking lifetime, and then they all just ran away without even TRYING to fight 8ack properly!

VRISKA: Frankly, I'm a little insulted 8y just how easy it was.

VRISKA: 8ut you must have known it would 8e a piece of gru8cake.

VRISKA: After all, we had me there.

JOHN: haha, oh vriska.

JOHN: it's nice that you're basically the same exact person you always have been.

VRISKA: You're welcome.

JOHN: honestly i'm still a little bewildered by your being here?

JOHN: but guess i'm happy to see you anyway.

JOHN: especially in a context that doesn't involve any amount of kissing a clOUCH!

VRISKA: (Not right now, you fuckhead!!!!!!!!)

JOHN: (oh, crap.)

JOHN: (sorry.)

JOHN: um, anyway.

JOHN: thanks for helping out, i guess?

JOHN: i can take it from here though.

VRISKA: 8e my guest!

JOHN: okay.

VRISKA: ::::)

JOHN: ...

JOHN: um... if you don't mind, vriska?

VRISKA: Hm?

JOHN: i'd like to talk to my son please.

VRISKA: Oh!

VRISKA: Right.

VRISKA: Sure.

VRISKA: Don't let me get in your way!

VRISKA: I'll just 8e over here, 8asking in the knowledge of a jo8 well done and plotting acts of violence.

JOHN: haha, thanks.

VRISKA: (Mutter) (mutter) limping to a respecta8le distance (mutter) (mutter) right this second (mutter) (mutter).

VRISKA: (Mum8le) (mum8le) h8 to 8leed all over your touching reunion (mum8le) (mum8le).

JOHN: sorry about that harry anderson.

JOHN: where were we.

JOHN: oh, right, your escape!

JOHN: i guess i already said, but i knew you had it in you.

HARRY: yeah, i guess so...

JOHN: i realize that it was a lot to handle though.

HARRY: you can say that again.

JOHN: it wasn't until after i hung up that i even remembered that i never gave you that strife specibus for your 16th birthday!

HARRY: oh, it's ok... vriska had a spare.

HARRY: i put my sewing scissors on it.

HARRY: it was all i really had at the time.

JOHN: haha, that sounds familiar.

JOHN: i kind of stumbled ass backwards into getting stuck with my first hammer. but after a while, i couldn't imagine having picked anything else.

JOHN: i'm sure you'll do some amazing things with it. you already did, in fact!

JOHN: i'm sure jane is feeling really butt hurt about things this very minute.

JOHN: the prankster's gambit is tipped back in our favor, that's for sure.

HARRY: haha, yeah...

HARRY: if it's alright dad,

HARRY: i don't... really wanna talk about it all that much right now?

HARRY: you're right, it was kind of a lot to go through.

JOHN: that's okay!

JOHN: we don't have to talk about that if you don't want.

JOHN: honestly, who cares about strife specibi or the pranksters gambit or whatever.

JOHN: that's not what's important.

JOHN: i'm just glad to know that you're safe.

HARRY: ...

HARRY: dad?

JOHN: yes son.

HARRY: can i ask you a question?

JOHN: anything son.

HARRY: ok, cool.

HARRY: so...

HARRY: how come you're wearing that... thing?

JOHN: thing?

HARRY: you know.

HARRY: the windsock.

HARRY: i thought it was busy getting eaten by moths in a museum or something.

HARRY: please don't tell me you broke in there just to get it back.

JOHN: oh!

JOHN: oh haha, the god tier outfit.

JOHN: don't worry, i can just sort of manifest this whenever i want.

JOHN: although now that you mention it, the guys at the museum will probably be wondering where it went.

JOHN: or... maybe it's still there? to be honest, i have no idea whether this is the same outfit.

JOHN: i don't think it follows the same laws of physics and stuff that normal clothing does?

JOHN: they are just your basic magic pajamas at the end of the day.

HARRY: and it didn't occur to you to, y'know, magic them any bigger?

HARRY: you just look like, well, a grown adult wearing clothes for a kid.

HARRY: it's kind of embarrassing to look at...

JOHN: blargh, you're right.

JOHN: i admit, i didn't give it a whole lot of thought.

JOHN: it just felt like the right thing to put on at the time.

HARRY: i'm pretty sure no such time has ever existed.

JOHN: i don't BELIEVE this.

JOHN: what have i EVER done to deserve such cruelty from my own son.

HARRY: lmao.

JOHN: hehe.

JOHN: i guess you're right, though.

JOHN: this old thing is pretty uncomfortable in a lot of ways.

JOHN: hm...

JOHN: when we get a moment, maybe the two of us could brainstorm a redesign?

JOHN: no pressure though.

HARRY: !!!

JOHN: have a think about it, anyway.

JOHN: in the meantime, i need to go have a quick word with the other vriska.

VRISSY: Vrissy.

JOHN: oh.

JOHN: right.

JOHN: vrissy, sorry.

JOHN: hello there.

JOHN: i guess you were listening to all that?

VRISSY: Not really.

VRISSY: I just have a sense of hearing that's Particularly 8ttuned to the sound of Other People t8lking a8out me.

VRISSY: Or... well, I did until Recently.

JOHN: haha, i bet it's been a bit strange having the original vriska around.

JOHN: i will say that it is very confusing having both of you in the same place at once!

JOHN: oh man...

JOHN: now that i think about it...

HARRY: (dad...)

JOHN: this feels like the perfect conditions for some identical twin type shenanigans.

JOHN: like in the parent trap or something!

JOHN: i'm not sure how either of you would feel about being played by lindsay lohan though.

HARRY: (oh my goddddddd kill me now)

JOHN: but anyway, vrissy.

JOHN: your moms called me a while ago. they sounded very worried that you weren't answering your phone.

VRISSY: O8viously.

VRISSY: I was 8usy!

JOHN: well, anyway, they're on their way here. jade is coming too.

JOHN: they should arrive any minute.

VRISSY: Oh you're kidding.

TAVROS: (H, here they come now,,,)

TAVROS: (I can see them,,, over there,,,)

VRISSY: Uuuuuuuugggggggghhhhhhhh.

[cornflowercanine]

you know how weird it is to 8e like ew staying with one person ur entire life or honestly ANYONE your entire life and i h8 the idea of anyone 8eing overly close and involved in ur life sure its fun to do stuff with someone 8ut god i n33d my own space etc etc etc etc AND THEN YOU KNOW SOMEONE. AND EVERYTHING U THOUGHT 8EFORE DOESNT NOT APPLY. 8UT IT'S LIKE OH. I LITERALLY STR8 UP DO WANT TO 8E AROUND THIS PERSON CONSTANTLY AND DO EVERYTHING WITH XR AND I KNOW THIS 8C IF IM NOT DOING SMTH WITH XR THERE/TELLING XR A8OUT IT THEN IM THINKING A8T XR THE ENTIRE FUCKING TIME AND DAYDREAMING US TALKING A8T IT. AND LITERALLY NOTHING STILL PLATONIC IS 'TOO CLOSE' OR 'TOO MUCH' FOR ME IT MAKES ME 8EAM AND SMILE UNTIL MY FACE HURTS AND. lays flat on floor. i understand marriage+monogamous 8itches now 8ut also dont 8c we're still unignora8ly platonic 8ut im just like. wow. did a 180 personalitywise there 8UT ONLY FOR ONE PERSON? SO I CANT JUST GO OH YEAH IM SUPER LOVEY PLATONICALLY CAUSE IM NOT I DONT GET SQUISHES ETC 8UT OHHHHHHHHHH WHEN IT'S MY QPP. OHHHHHH

[lokh]

i kno its like ‘hey how come mari cant shut up abt bein trans all of a sudden’ and its cos i realised that pretending it didnt matter was the source of literally 90% of my problems

[velvetvessel-edits]

welcome tot he concept of powerscaling!!!!!!!!

people do hours of research to find out how strong a character is, and more often than not its a 8azillion times more OP than the cre8ors ever intended

cause powerscalers jo8 is to think and argue a8out the stuff no one else cares a8out

Okay, so Death Battle's "research" has just become them seeing how much psycho-babble and pseudo-science they say until their audience gets sick of it.

I mean, it already WAS, but jeez.

"Kratos can destroy 9 million universes if he wanted to."

That is absolutely nonsensical, and only the most brain-rotted powerscalers in desperate need to touch grass would even think otherwise.

The fact they then try to claim, "We totally care about Asura's Wrath, plz make a new game, Capcom!" (Even though Asura's narrative is finished and has no need for a sequel) while at the same time being so hung up on the fact the game is old and didn't sell great; shows just how vapid, empty, and superficial Death Battle as a whole and the people behind it actually are.

"How could this guy from a game that didn't sell more than 100k copies beat THE god of war? The one that's one of the most recognizable game characters ever!"

It would have been better to just not say anything at all.

[arachnidsgamer]

Kanaya is over twice Vriskas height, and twice as big tits due to milf genes >:3 fact

It’s 8ullshit is what it is, though I can’t deny the milf stuff, I’m just glad she got a jo8 at some daycare or something so she can stop trying to 8e everyone’s mom.

[missfinefeather]

Oh god, she pissed! 0.0

ARANEA: THE WORST STORY THAT HAS EVER 8EEN TOLD IN THE HISTORY OF PARADOX SPACE. MEENAH: whoa clam down ARANEA: No! I will not "clam down." Clamming is not something you can do, unless you do it UP, or you are literally retrieving clams from a 8ed of soft oceanic soil.

Typical lover’s spat...

She really wanted to tell an epic story! D:

ARANEA: You left out so much! All the intrigue, the complicated interpersonal relationships, the 8ackstory, the responsi8le pacing. ARANEA: Where was the WORLD 8UILDING, Meenah? 

xDDDDDDDDDDD OMG

“EVEN SGRUB WAS 600 PAGES AND THAT WAS STREAMLINED!“

ARANEA: Their 8uddy Captor flew a ship for some hag. It wasn't a very cool gig. Maryam found a wiggler and died a slave. Did I mention our planet 8ecame kind of a shithole? No, I don't think I did, 8ecause that's apparently not how you "tell stories." MEENAH: ... MEENAH: go on 

Suddenly she’s invested xD

Aranea is singing Meenah’s tune finally!

She’s a sucker for small talkers!

ARANEA: Nitram was a hero who led a re8ellion. He killed me. 8ut not 8efore things got pretty steamy 8etween us. Want to hear the juicy details? You're out of luck!!!!!!!! MEENAH: aww man 38( 

xDDDDDD She wanted to hear about the buckets

I will never stop using this...

The next video will just be this for 10 minutes.

ARANEA: Pyrope cut off my arm and arrested me, 8ut I killed her. This triggered a karmic cycle of revenge which led to the eventual 8linding of her descendant. ARANEA: Sorry, Terezi. Them's the 8r8ks! TEREZI: W41T TEREZI: WH4T? 

...she’s not wrong...

ARANEA: Oh, of course. Megido! Now there's an interesting story full of exciting twists and turns we won't 8e getting into. ARANEA: She was kidnapped as a child 8y a creep, then served the creep's 8oss for millions of sweeps. She helped make everything lousy. Then you killed her and took her jo8. 

Wow, she could even see into Doc Scratch’s actions?

MEENAH: come on spit it out windfang MEENAH: no more adventures on the high breeze got it ARANEA: Fine. ARANEA: You want the a8ridged-version, 8ut-may8e-not-so-a8ridged, as-long-as-the-stuff-that-you-in-particular-would-like-to-hear-is-included, of the Meenah Peixes saga? ARANEA: Here we go.

Well, this might actually be important for Rose, Dave, and Jake to here, so reasons for them to be here!

[nepeta-and-co]

VRISKA: Eh, that’s fine.

VRISKA: ‘M kinda used to it anyway. . .

[Vriska stands up and smiles widely, unfolding her wings.]

VRISKA: I wouldn’t mind helping clean up places ya c8n’t reach!

VRISKA: I have some 8ld stuff we could sell, and I could probably get a jo8.

[She fidgets with a fake spider she pulls out of her pocket.]

VRISKA: Oh, right!

[Her smile becomes a mischievous grin. She turns to Grim, playfully dangling the fake spider on a string in front of him.]

VRISKA: You’re not scared of spiders, are ya?

VRISKA: I happen to 8e a big fan of ‘em!

[Meanwhile, inside Ramshackle Dorm as Eridan starts decorating the lounge and the Christmas tree.] Eridan: grim Eridan: quit eatin the popcorn Eridan: you knoww it is suppose to be for decoratin Grim: But it's so good! Who knew decorating can be tasty too!

[Aradia appears in the mirror, winking at Eridan before slipping out of view.]

ARADIA: . . .

[She appears behind Grim, causing a cold chill before disappearing again.]

[aquatic-arachnid-blog]

8leh, stuff like this isn’t even anything I need to 8other with, is it?

May8e I should just releg8 someone else to deal with it and they’ll do a 8etter jo8 than me. I literally do not care what my crew is ever doing.

[pesterloglog]

Terezi Pyrope, Vriska Serket

Act 5, page 2258

gallowsCalibrator [GC] began trolling arachnidsGrip [AG]

GC: H3Y VR1SK4

GC: 4NYTH1NG TO S4Y

AG: Ummmmmmmmm, no?

AG: A8out what?

GC: 4BOUT K1LL1NG H3R

GC: 4FT3R YOU S41D YOU WOULDNT

AG: Oh, that? I thought we were done talking a8out it!

AG: We concluded I messed up and I'm completely horri8le in every way.

AG: I can only feel SO AWFUL, you know. Here, I'm 8anging my head against the desk now.

AG: 8ang 8ang 8ang. Are you happy?

GC: NOT R34LLY

AG: Uuuuuuuugh, what do you want from me????????

GC: 1M NOT SUR3

GC: 1 GU3SS 1M LOOK1NG FOR SOM3 R34SON TO CH4NG3 MY M1ND

GC: 1 DONT KNOW WH4T YOU C4N S4Y TH4TLL DO 1T

GC: 1 SORT4 HOP3 TH3R3S SOM3TH1NG THOUGH

AG: You should lighten up a 8it. May8e even congratul8 me!

AG: Wow, great jo8 Vriska! Single handedly taking out Team Charge like that.

AG: No more competition from those low class clowns!

GC: N4H TH4T W4SNT 1T

AG: Ok, well, change your mind a8out what!

AG: What are you going to do, Pyrope!

GC: 1 W4S PROB4BLY JUST GO1NG TO K1LL YOU

AG: Hahahahahahahaha!

AG: You mean from your tree? With all your AMAAAAAAAAZING POWERS?

AG: Tell me, what sort of powers do tree girls have? Swinging from vines and stuff?

GC: MY TR33 DO3SNT H4V3 V1N3S >:[

GC: SOM3T1M3S 1 L3T OTH3R P3OPL3 SW1NG FROM ROP3S THOUGH >:]

GC: Y34H 4NYW4Y YOULL B3 D34D 1N 4 COUPL3 M1NUT3S

AG: Yeah right!!!!!!!!

AG: Complete and total muscle8east shit!

GC: 1F YOU DONT B3L13V3 M3

GC: WHY DONT YOU CONSULT W1TH YOUR L1TTL3 4DV4NT4G3

GC: 1T S33MS TO H4V3 4LL TH3 4NSW3RS

AG: I don't need to do that to know you're 8luffing.

GC: Y34H

GC: BUT

GC: YOU KNOW YOUR3 GONN4 4NYW4Y

GC: 4DD1CT1ON 1S 4 POW3RFUL TH1NG >:]

GC: S33 Y4

gallowsCalibrator [GC] ceased trolling arachnidsGrip [AG]

[gizoogletranslateshomestuck]

[A6A6I5] ====>

VRISKA n we out! Tizzy concludes tha tactizzle plann'n piznart of dis de8rief'n. VRISKA: It all perfectly logical, right? I started yo shit and i'll end yo' shit. VRISKA: No questions or nothin' trippin' n we out! Coo'. VRIZZAY cuz its a pimp thang: Reallizzle, I pusha ta think what yizzle num8skulls would 8e do'n if I weren't around, like John just imply wit hizzy funky ass remarks n shit. VRISKA paper'd up: He really did y-aw tha 8iggest fucking favor 'n tha history of tizzay shenanigizzles 8y clo88er'n me 'n tha face three yizzay ago. VRISKA: You should all mizzy him a gizzift 8askizzle whizzay dis be ova ta show yo' gratitude. VRISKA: No nizzy ta thizzle me of C-to-tha-izzourse. I'm just do'n mah jo8 here from tha streets of tha L-B-C. ::::) VRISKA like old skool shit: Now, know what im sayin? VRISKA straight from long beach nigga: Lizzy go wanna be gangsta sizzy really 8asic non-com8at endgame stuff, then wizne'll 8e ready ta 8r8k like this and like that and like this and uh.

> [A6A6I5] ====>

[8oatswain]

Oh shit, for real????????

It's 8een a while since I've designed anything 8ased on something so intric8 as a 8ionic arm, 8ut I've got concepts for a 8unch of individual gadgets that would 8etter serve me in my "jo8" if I could integr8 them into this cum8ersome metal contraption.

Intentional detacha8ility is my main thing 8ecause as it is now it 8olts into place for sta8ility? 8ut it's actually more trou8le than it's worth, not just 8ecause it needs to come off sometimes for cleanliness and m8enance, 8ut also 8ecause I keep 8reaking the 8olts every time I need to use the arm as an improvised weapon. I cre8ed a magnetized design that I thought would work, 8ut the magnets just end up 8r8king every electronic I touch, which is not ideal. I'm sending it anyway though in case it helps.

To 8e honest, almost any kind of 8uilt-in weapon, 8laded, 8lasting, etc. would 8e gr8 so I don't HAVE to rely on the arm 8eing a8le to come off at a moment's notice........ Even though I'm still totally going to pop off the arm and throw it sometimes, 8y the way. 8ut I can take or leave that really.

Other than the shoulder detachment mechanism though I also had this idea for 8uilt-in lockpicking tools, and oh! It would also 8e nice to get the 8lunt fingertips I have currently replaced with reinforced clawed pieces instead. I don't know why this thing never came with claws when I'm like 88% sure we all have them in my timeline, 8ut it makes clim8ing stuff soooooooo annoying for NO reason 8ecause one hand inexplica8ly has no grip!!!!!!!!

I alsoooooooo have a 8unch of designs for some digital crap that would help me with certain inform8ion I need to know at all times, 8ut they're proooooooo8a8ly more of potential eye-upgrades than arm-upgrades so I'll worry a8out that l8r.

Here's what I've got:

--[Kickass8lueprints.doc has been sent!]--

As some8ody with a ro8o arm already, I'm now curious.

Does it serve?

[spacecop8lues]

8ack in the saddle!

Well, one other pro8lem a8out finishing a vacation after finishing detox after finishing the last leg of a long period of undercover work?

I don’t have my old ship anymore!

I’m getting to piggy8ack 8ack to headquarters on an official UFOS vessel so it’s not that 8ad, su8jective time is only a few hours for the trip, 8ut still!

Ah well, hopefully I’ll get something decent when I get my next assignment. I know it’ll only 8e a corsair even tho i reaaaaaaaaly deserve more, 8ut that’s the jo8. I need to get 8ack into the swing of things and show I’m fit for normal duties again!

Yes, it’s a pain, 8ut it’s the jo8, and the way to make everyone know I’m the 8est is to 8e the very 8est, at all times. 8esides, anyone who smirks at it will eat crow when I’m 8ack in a full cruiser again!

(ooc: As I’m finally pulling Vriska off of Hiatus, she’s going back into patrol! Which means strange alien encounters and stuff will 8e nice! I’ll be continuing the existing threads I’ve gotten, buuuuuuuut from here on in, it’ll be time for high space adventures again!

Oh, and for a mun image thing, Terezi helped me find one a while back, where was it...

There.)

[journeysintowebcomics]

Homestuck Liveblog #172

UPDATE 172: Breezing Through

Last time Vriska had slammed around her ghost version, all while having absolutely zero self-awareness. It’d have been impressive in some twisted way if it didn’t frustrate me so much. Let’s continue.

Well Meenah isn’t happy about leaving, but she’s going. There’s a ghost army to round up, after all. Without Aranea’s psychic powers helping, how are they going to gather all the ghosts, I wonder...unless maybe I was wrong and Aranea is going to appear again. I remember that Vriska once said Aranea was doing most of the work regarding the mind control, without her this is bound to be much more difficult. But that’s for later or maybe off-screen stuff, because the story continues.

...another one of these?

Let's try this choice thing again, one more time. This time only with two choices, nice and easy. Hey, works like a charm. Two sweet simple choices for two sweet simple kids. There you go, one last gluttonous chomp at the free will pie before you all say goodbye. Don't say this website never did anything for you. DON'T YOU DARE.

Okay, Hussie, I’m really hoping this is the last one, because the pacing of Homestuck is pretty much dead right now. The planning scene had set up the fight and all, but all these different conversations killed any momentum that had created. Things looked like they were going to get quick, but instead it’s pretty much reduced to snail crawl now. That’s some...bad storytelling. It doesn’t help that while I suppose the one for Jane will be talking to Nannasprite, the one for Jake...well I don’t see what it could be. The only possibility I can think is talking with Tavrosprite, which is something I’m completely uninterested in. But alright, let’s just get done with this.

Must be weird to talk to a version of yourself that’s decades older – even more when it’s blue, ghostly and dressed like a clown. Not that Jane minds, she digs the clown costume! But...

JANE: I couldn't call you by my name. It would feel wrong and flippant to treat you like my equal. 

I’m sure Jane would be pleased to hear about how another version of her spent her life. A prank store is a fun venture she’d wholeheartedly endorse, a loving husband, a family...it’s what a lot of people would ask for. It’s better than being forced a mind-control tiara, at least.

NANNASPRITE: You see, I grew up in dangerous circumstances. I knew how cruel the woman who raised me could be, and what she might do to me or the people I loved if I made waves, or demonstrated any sense of defiance. 

Ah, true, the other Jake and Jake grew under the Condesce’s thumb! Well, Grandpa left, but he didn’t actively defy her like Jade did. Nanna...hm, she didn’t inherit anything. Hey, if I remember correctly, the Condesce disappeared at some point, didn’t she? Guess that explains a few things.

Nannasprite is more than happy that there’s a version of her that’s empowered and prepared to make a change in the world, unlike her – in her opinion. It’s all encouragement for the fight to come. Fully expecting you to make a difference, Jane!

JANE: I think John was really lucky to have you as a sprite. Not to mention, a grandmother, of course.  JANE: It's no wonder he appears to have his act together.  JANE: Maybe I would have been better off if I had someone like you to advise me from the start of all this. 

Huh, things may have gone a bit better if her grandfather had been her sprite. Then again, it’d also involve fighting enemies that looked like an old John, and also everyone would die because it was a doomed timeline, but it’d be nice while it lasted. Could there be a dead ghost from a timeline where that happened?

Nannasprite is joining the fight too, being on healing duty. Great! I haven’t forgotten that Nanna saved John at least once, that should be useful. And then, in classic Nannasprite way, she throws a curveball of the joking variety. Seriously...

...I think I may have missed something somewhere. Could it be...that when John brought his planet and all, he also brought another Nannasprite? No wonder she has offered to be Jane’s sprite, one of them can stay with John. Still, I didn’t see this coming! The conversation comes to a sudden end, changing to Jake and Tavrisprite. Alright, let’s see...looks like at some point they got away to Jake’s planet, and are preparing for the fight. He has life fifteen people to defeat, after all.

Okay, that was a pretty pointless conversation. Maybe my fatigue with Homestuck has affected me way more than I expected, because there was nothing of interest to me in that conversation. Sure, it lasted just one page, but still...pretty much the only thing I got out of it is that Tavrosprite is still allergic to cats. That’s it. Okay, the main story continues.

Somehow there’s a placebo effect at work, Tavrosprite ate a button and his allergies are gone. I’m pretty sure placebos don’t work like that! Now that the allergies are out of the way, it’s time to prototype Jake’s kernelsprite. Everything is ready for the resurrection, Jasprosesprite has brought Nepeta’s head.

I didn’t need to see Rose with cat traits kissing a head that has been dead for three years. Thankfully, that doesn’t last long, into the kernelsprite goes the head!

She’s back in eye-blinding green color. I admit I’m actually kinda stoked to see Nepeta again! Compared to most of the trolls, she was remarkably nice, yet was able to be as savage as needed.

The placebo effect is gone immediately. Okay, stay away from Nepetasprite, I don’t think Homestuck needs another 2x sprite. I don’t think they’d be as opposite as to explode, but it’d still be kinda unpleasant, wouldn’t it be?

Now I’m sure: I’m very fatigued. I just passed by ten pages without a thing to say. I’ll try to summarize: Vriska calls Jake and manages to bring GCat into scene. Now Tavrosprite must grab the cat, it’s critical for the mission. Really? Huh, we getting another powerful being like Jadesprite? I don’t know, unless the allergies are gone and Tavrosprite isn’t allergic to himself, all this’ll be good for is to keep GCat away – this doesn’t prevent the Condesce from controlling GCat. In fact, I think this could mean it’s...doubly vulnerable or so. Tavros was never known for outstanding mental resistance to mind control.

Looks like he’s now allergic to himself. Hmmm...you know, Nepeta would have loved to fuse with a godly cat. Maybe that would have worked better! Actually no, because then Vriska puts the new sprite to sleep, taking advantage that he’s now even more vulnerable than before. He’s supposed to stay asleep until everything is over.

Wow, Vriska, you didn’t stay bearable for long, did you? She pretty much tries to say that everything she does for Tavros goes unappreciated, complaint all of us have seen many times already. She’s still in middle of planning with Meenah what’s going to happen, the problem is, like I supposed, that they don’t have a way to mindcontrol everyone. Good to know there’s an obstacle!

About the house juju, it’s not known yet what it does – in terms of being a weapon. There are theories, of course:

VRISKA: All we have to go on is a 8unch of vague stories we heard along the way through dream 8u88les.  VRISKA: Some presume it's something o8vious like sort of charm that releases an extremely powerful attack.  VRISKA: Other sources allude to a more specific consequence.  VRISKA: That the weapon actually contains the souls of some incredi8ly powerful warriors of legend who came close to 8eating him once, so he trapped them inside the charm and 8anished it into the void.  VRISKA: And if that's the case, then... I guess the weapon just releases them so they can finish the jo8? 

Four souls of brave warriors! Hah, I wonder how exactly such rumor got spread around? Looks like the exact identities of these warriors are unknown, because I’m sure Vriska would have much more of a reaction if she knew John was inside that juju. That’s going to be a surprise once it’s activated! Can’t wait to see the juju in action at that moment, the ending to Homestuck has been pretty much set now!

The discussion is cut short when something is seen in the distance. No, it isn’t Hussie about to pounce on Vriska.

...looks like an army, most likely of ghosts. What are they all doing here? Are they here because of their own will? That’s for next time, I guess.

Sorry for the mediocre update, everyone. Looks like I’m getting really tired of Homestuck by now, and given that the other two liveblogs I did weren’t rushed during the last few updates, I have the feeling I’m not tired and rushing because the end is on sight. I’m very sorry. Still, I’m committed to read Homestuck to the end, I’ll do it.

Next update: five updates

[betterthan777]

May8e! I’m a little preoccupied 8ecause the idiot I left in charge of L8dy’s Country for a 8it while I went to deal with stuff ran a chunk of her economy into the dirt and I need to 8uild things 8ack up.  Never have someone else do a jo8 you can do yourself, apparently. Just learned that one the hard way. 8ut raincheck, definitely. Can’t w8 to see your plush face in the physical again.

@betterthan777

There are hot singles in my area, or so I hear....if this is on such an extreme scale, you will certainly be pressed to compete. But I think that you've got quite the 'leg up' on them when it comes to such seasoned charm.

Well that does so delight me to know that our bond is so preciously unique. Why, it is to such a degree that I think the two of us should celebrate. Perhaps popping open a champagne or two for your return and maybe even a fresh wave of interaction, mmm?